The Skilled Independent Visa is a permanent residence visa for individuals who have the qualifications and skills required to fill Australia’s skill shortages and are not sponsored by an employer, family member or nominated by a State or Territory Government.
The Skilled Independent Visa is a permanent residence visa for individuals who have the qualifications and skills required to fill Australia’s skill shortages and are not sponsored by an employer, family member or nominated by a State or Territory Government.
To successfully apply for this skilled migration visa, you need to first submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) online and then be invited to apply for the visa.
Once you have been invited to apply, you must be able to satisfy the basic visa requirements to qualify for a visa in the General Skilled Migration program.
You Must fulfil these criteria to get the visa for a skilled individual for Australia Permanent resident:
Applicants are assessed against the point test in which points can be claimed in the following areas:
Points are awarded on the basis of the factors listed in the following table. All factors are assessed as they are at the time you are invited to apply for this visa.
Up to 12 points will be awarded under the age factor on the following basis:
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Overseas skilled employment – (outside Australia)
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Points
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Australian skilled employment – (in Australia)
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Points
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English
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Points
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Employed means engaged in an occupation for remuneration for at least 20 hours a week.
Closely-related occupations must be:
Under the points test there is a cap on the number of points that can be awarded for employment experience. The maximum number of points that can be awarded is 20, this means that even if you score more than 20 combined points for your employment experience only 20 points will be awarded.
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Educational qualifications
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Points
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For points based migration you will receive points for your highest qualification only.
The authority undertaking your skills assessment may determine if your qualifications are comparable to the relevant Australian qualification. Assessing authorities are listed against your occupation in the relevant list of eligible skilled occupations. You must have obtained this recognition at the time you are invited to apply for a visa.
If you hold an overseas qualification at bachelor level or above and your skills assessing authority did not offer an opinion on that qualification, then we can assist you as part of our visa services, to get your overseas qualification assessed.
You can only be awarded points for a doctoral degree if you have completed a qualification at the relevant level, that is, a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). You cannot claim these points for the award of other qualifications that give you the right to use to the title of Doctor (that is, general practitioner, dentist, vet).
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Specialist education qualification
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Points
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Professional Year in Australia
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Points
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At the time of invitation to apply, you had completed a Professional Year. To be eligible for the award of these points your Professional Year must have been in Accounting, ICT/Computing or Engineering, and:
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Credentialed community language
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Points
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Study in regional Australia
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Points
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Partner skills
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Points
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Your spouse or de facto partner must also be an applicant for this visa and meet age, English and skill criteria.
For you to be eligible for the award of these points your partner must be an applicant for the same visa subclass and must not be an Australian permanent resident or an Australian citizen. Additionally, you will need to provide evidence that when you were invited to apply for this visa that they: 1)Were under 45 years’ old 2) Had competent English 3) Had nominated a skilled occupation that is on the same skilled occupation list as your nominated skilled occupation 4) Had a suitable skills assessment from the relevant assessing authority for their nominated skilled occupation, and the assessment wasn’t for a Subclass 485 visa. |
10
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Your spouse or de facto partner must also be an applicant for this visa and has competent English.
For you to be eligible for the award of these points your partner must be an applicant for the same visa subclass and must not be an Australian permanent resident or an Australian citizen |
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You are single or your partner is an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
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The Skilled Nominated Visa will grant you permanent residency in Australia. This will entitle you and your eligible family members to:
To find out whether you qualify for a skilled migration visa, get in touch with our Australian Migration Expert by booking appointment.
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